Winning Isn’t Everything, Nor Should It Be

Not everything that can be done should be done.

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How high should it be?

Blunt renal artery trauma: how should it be treated, or rather, should it be treated?

"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing".

In determining the correct – optimal – parse of an input, as the constraint hierarchy is descended, each constraint acts to disqualify competitors with absolute independence from all other constraints. A parse found wanting on one constraint has absolutely no hope of redeeming itself by faring well on any or all lower-ranking constraints.

Winning Isn’t Everything: Corruption in Sumo Wrestling

There is a growing appreciation among economists of the need to better understand the role that corruption plays in real-world economies. Although some have argued that it can be welfare enhancing (Nathaniel Leff, 1964), most commentators believe that a willingness to accept bribes (or similar forms of corruption) in either the public or the private sector reduces economic efŽ ciency (Andrei Sh...